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Because of the Tumblr CEO being very transphobic, I'm gonna be taking an indefinite break from this site until the site gets a new CEO.

Also, all humans are born equal and should be treated equally with equity, love, respect, decency, compassion, kindness, empathy, fairness, harmony, peace, openness, togetherness, understanding, humanity and positivity, and I still REALLY LOVE, RESPECT AND SUPPORT ALL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

Seriously.

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Because of the Tumblr CEO being very transphobic, I'm gonna be taking an indefinite break from this site until the site gets a new CEO.

Also, all humans are born equal and should be treated equally with equity, love, respect, decency, compassion, kindness, empathy, fairness, harmony, peace, openness, togetherness, understanding, humanity and positivity, and I still REALLY LOVE, RESPECT AND SUPPORT ALL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

Seriously.

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September MC & OCs of the Month - Special Edition: Ava Flores

Help us in welcoming September's MCs and OCs of the month! That's right, plural! Most months, CFWC highlights one randomly selected MC or OC from our Meet My MC / OC List. (More info here.) But this month, we're doing something different.

In August, @lilyoffandoms hosted a Writers Appreciation Month, and we announced the September Writer of the Month would be selected from its participants. But all participants agreed - Lily deserved the honor! Still, we wanted to do something nice for the eleven writers who elected to participate to help uplift other writers in the fandom. So, this month, each of the eleven participants will have one of their MCs or OCs highlighted.

We will introduce each MC / OC individually, and once all eleven have been highlighted, a masterlist for the month will be created. We hope you enjoy getting to know all about them!

The first MC of the Month is @petiteboheme 's Ava Flores!

Learn more about Ava below!

In your own words, tell us what you like most about your MC. 

Ava Flores is kind, free-spirited, loyal, adventurous, and down to earth. As an Afro-Latina, she is bilingual, with strong cultural roots and a large, close-knit family. The ‘Flores family love and support each other, and this has given Ava a strong sense of self. She knows her worth and won’t settle for less than what she knows she deserves. She is expressive of her feelings, both positive and negative, and had no issues calling Drake out on things during book 1

Following the scandal and being escorted to the airport, she refused to return when they tried to retrieve her. She’d felt unheard by a lot of the people around her and had had enough. Drake had to take drastic action and a lot of convincing to get to return in time for the first tour stop in Italy.

Do you feel your MC is like you at all? How are you alike or different?

I think, as a writer, it’s hard not to sprinkle a little bit of yourself into characters, even existing canon ones. But Ava is very different from me. Her family dynamic, upbringing, life experience background, and culture are different from my own. She has Caribbean timekeeping while I’m OCD, lol. She’s stronger, braver, louder, and more outgoing and determined than I am. I’m an introvert, and I don’t think I’d be able to deal with the Cordonian court at all lol

What is most important to your MC? What is their motivation in life?

Happiness, first and foremost. Everything she does is motivated by that. Her career choice (chef) is something she loves doing; she grew up with a mother who bakes for a living (her own business), so the fact that she wants to run her own simple little restaurant certainly influenced her mom. Writing slam poetry is her outlet and has helped her through many difficult situations. Her impromptu decision to go to Cordonia was less motivated by ‘winning a prince’ and more about adventure, making new friends, and doing things she’d never done before. The fact that she found love with Drake along the way was just the icing on the cake.

A relatively new motivation for her (since arriving in Cordonia) is making a difference in the lives of people she’s never met. Shortly after the sailing event, where Ava had worn braids, she met a young mother who told her that her daughter struggled with self-image, especially with her hair, and wouldn’t wear braids because she’d felt they were ‘ugly’. Seeing Ava wearing braids had a big impact on the little girl.  Hearing this moved Ava, who never imagined herself as a role model. 

What are their biggest pet peeves/dislikes? 

She hates racism, xenophobia, and she has had to deal with it more times than she cares to remember. Dishonesty and insincerity, she has little tolerance or patience for those either. The things most valued at court (wealth, power etc.) are alien to her, which is why she’s happier away from it. 

If your MC could change one thing - anything - what would it be? 

Very little. She believes in growing and learning from her mistakes. But in my writing, her encounter with Tariq was more intense than in canon, and she hates that it happened. Drake begins teaching her self-defense before book two, but she wishes she’d had the skill sooner. She's still carrying a lot of anger over it and won’t be as forgiving to those involved as you had to be in canon.

What is your MC’s favorite quote or song? 

She has many, from famous speeches to songs and poems that talk about injustice. Here are just a few

"You can only become accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal." –Maya Angelou

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

None but ourselves can free our mind - Bob Marley

Before we find world peace, we gotta find peace and end the war in the streets. -     Tupac

          “If you don’t live your life, then who will?” - Rhianna

Is there anything else you’d like to share about your MC?

People say you should write for yourself, and that’s pretty much what I did with Ava. She is the MC/LI for Drake, and I wanted more than anything to see and read about her. I couldn't not write her. She’s developed over time, of course, but I knew from the beginning she would be big-hearted, lively and would come from a warm, loving family whom she was close to. She is everything Drake needs and more,  Although I don’t have a lot in common with her, she’s made a big impact on me. She’s broadened my horizons, and I’ve learned from her. The response she’s created is amazing, and I am so grateful others have taken to her so well.

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For the Lunar New Year I made the art for this month's illustration for the Homestuck Patreon!! I went a lil' crazy for it eheh.

Here's a lil' snippet of it, but if you don't feel like waiting the two months 'til it's available to the public-- you can see it in full right now on the Patreon!

But once again, HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! 🐉🧧🍊

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Hello!! Welcome to my blog!

I'm Marie (they/them) and I'm an artist, animator, and character designer! I love to draw my OCs and I often take commission work. Like me, a lot of my art is lgbt+, body positive, and neurodivergent!

i use #my art as my primary art tag, #commission for paid work, #ask for asks, and #oc for my characters. All of my OCs have their own individual tags too! See this post's tags for easy navigation!

Outside of art, I really love fashion dolls, minecraft, mlp, anime, manga, pokemon, dinosaurs, cryptids/paranormal, and fashion! I have a side account @plushiecryptid where i post about these a lot!

Where to find me

Twitter - most active platform

Ko-Fi - tip jar plus exclusive wips/early access art

Carrd - general info and more links

Toyhouse - OCs profiles and galleries

Commission Form

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The beautiful Yoko Ono; c. 1967

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I don't hate people. Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some people should that trans people and non-binary people have ALWAYS been around for THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

Also, trans people and non-binary people ALWAYS exist.

Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some people should that trans people and non-binary people have ALWAYS been around for THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

Also, trans people and non-binary people ALWAYS exist.

Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't hate people. Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I made a post earlier but I deleted it! I'm super super sure this time okay!

My name is Max! My pronouns are They/Them! I am demigender or deminonbinary!!

I'm still not 100% on this but it feels better than genderflux. I think this might be the one XDDDD. I'm gonna try it for a little bit and then we'll see if anything changes.

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[ID: two deminonbinary flags colour picked from Trucy Wright from Ace Attorney. The first flag is only the colour picked flag and the second flag has an official art of Trucy overlayed on it. End ID]  

hell yea it’s Trucy monday

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Gridded pride moth/butterfly pixel art part 5. If you use them for anything please give design credit (and also @ me because I would like to see). Intended for personal use only.  

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Happy trans awareness day.

also, uh, i'm bigender.

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The third batch of the Pride Stegosaurus designs I’ve done over the last 2 years.

They’re available as 5x7 prints and large and small vinyl stickers on my website.

www.emmalerae.com

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I'm still deminonbinary. Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!